Category: News Transcript News

  • County continues pursuit of land surrounding lake

    MILLSTONE — Slowly but surely the Monmouth County Park System is carrying out its plan to purchase land at and around the Perrineville Lake. With a goal of eventually purchasing a total of 525 acres in the area near Perrineville, Millstone, Baird and Agress roads, county officials are continuing to negotiate with several property owners.…

  • Preservation group eyes Jackson tract Property is adjacent

    Preservation group eyes Jackson tract Property is adjacent to Freehold Twp. site marked for acquisition By Kathy Baratta Staff Writer An official with the Trust for Public Land (TFPL), a private, nonprofit organization based in California, has confirmed the group is planning to include a 464-acre tract in Jackson Township in an open space acquisition…

  • Residents raise voices against water rate hike

    Staff Writer By dave benjamin Residents raise voices against water rate hike MANALAPAN — Customers of the Gordon’s Corner Water Company made it clear at a public hearing they do not want to pay a 19 percent increase in water rates. A crowd of more than 150 area residents came to the municipal building on…

  • Three arrested in boro shooting Police continue search for alleged gunman Staff Writer

    By dick metzgar Three arrested in boro shooting Police continue search for alleged gunman Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ In top photo, an investigator with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office examines the street outside a home on Throckmorton Street, Freehold Borough, on the morning of Oct. 20. Four men were shot in front of the residence…

  • State agency wants builder to prove wells were capped DEP investigation focuses on Four Maples property in Freehold Township

    Staff Writer By Kathy baratta State agency wants builder to prove wells were capped DEP investigation focuses on Four Maples property in Freehold Township A state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) official has confirmed that the agency may impose sanctions against a local builder because two underground wells may have been left uncapped in a…

  • Kaye ponders decision on cancer treatment Monmouth prosecutor

    Kaye ponders decision on cancer treatment Monmouth prosecutor John Kaye was diagnosed in Sept. with prostate cancer By Mark Rosman Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Although he didn’t expect to become a crusader for cancer awareness, Monmouth County Prosecutor John Kaye says he has become just that this fall. The reason is personal. Kaye, 57, the…

  • Let the fright fest begin!

    Chris Falcone, 8, of Manalapan, looks at his scary face in the mirror before the start of his team’s under-10 soccer match at the Freehold Township Fright Festival soccer tournament on Saturday. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • NAACP to honor police chief

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta HOWELL — Police Chief Ronald T. Carter will be honored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). At a ceremony to be held Nov. 2 that is expected to be attended by Andrew Young, a founding father of the civil rights movement, Carter will receive the…

  • Freehold Borough gears up for Spooktacular weekend

    Staff Writer By dick metzgar Freehold Borough gears up for Spooktacular weekend MARIE ORTIZ Jeremy Edelman puts the finishing touches on a Halloween window painting he completed with Kathy Nowakowski and Georgia Schinteie in downtown Freehold. The borough’s annual Spooktacular celebration is scheduled for this weekend. FREEHOLD — Fred Sanders, the late business advocate of…